The Final Design Review for the poloidal
field AC/DC converter was successfully held in Beijing, China on 23-25
September. In advance of the meeting—in addition to the routine duties of
reviewing design documentation submitted by the Chinese Domestic Agency and its
suppliers—the review panel headed by chair Ivone Benfatto of ITER's Electrical
Engineering Division faced the difficult challenge of finding flights to China
in the context of a major Air France strike. Fortunately, all participants were
able to arrive on time and the meeting was completed according to schedule. According to a Procurement Arrangement signed
with the ITER Organization in 2011, the Chinese Domestic Agency is responsible
for the procurement of the 14 poloidal field AC/DC converter units that will
provide reliable, controlled DC power to the ITER poloidal field magnetic coils
and dummy load for site testing. During the meeting, the Chinese Domestic
Agency and its suppliers presented their work on the final design and testing
of the poloidal field AC/DC converter system and its main components such as
converter transformer and converter modules. Interface requirements, key
electrical and mechanical design, and Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site
Acceptance Test (SAT) procedures were carefully examined by the review panel
members and experts. The main supplier ASIPP (the Institute of
Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) showcased their one-of-a-kind test
platform which was designed and constructed to test the ITER poloidal field
converter system at various rated operation and fault conditions to verify
their design. Test results of the full-scale prototype using the test platform were essential
in the validation of the ASIPP final design. The ITER Organization and Chinese Domestic
Agency participants concluded the Final Design Review with a debriefing session
to discuss the results of chit categorization and future actions. There were no
critical chits and the review panel was confident that procurement can now
advance to the next manufacturing review stage on schedule.
The meeting ended in a cooperative spirit
with a remark by Peng Fu, chief engineer and ITER Project manager at ASIPP, who
said, "For us chits are not just issues to be resolved, they are good
proposals to improve the product and prototype design." The Final Design Review for the poloidal
field AC/DC converter was successfully held in Beijing, China on 23-25
September. Original Ttitle:Review propels poloidal field AC/DC converters to next stage |
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